MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-67.68 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -67.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 1 28.1 23.3 75 4.9 24.6 74 11 300.0 303.3 297.2 352.7 17.99 1 1000 133 26.7 21.9 75 4.8 23.3 74 12 299.9 302.9 296.4 349.0 16.79 2 950 585 23.1 20.0 82 3.2 20.9 81 14 300.6 303.5 295.8 346.6 15.65 3 900 1056 21.0 15.5 71 5.4 17.3 98 16 303.1 305.4 294.3 339.9 12.42 4 850 1549 18.9 10.7 59 8.1 13.7 101 16 305.9 307.7 293.0 334.7 9.57 5 800 2068 16.6 3.6 42 13.0 9.2 95 15 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.0 6.21 6 750 2614 13.6 -1.6 35 15.3 5.6 90 13 311.4 312.2 290.5 325.6 4.52 7 700 3191 9.8 -4.7 36 14.4 2.7 84 9 313.3 314.0 290.5 325.6 3.87 8 650 3802 5.5 -5.8 44 11.3 0.1 85 6 315.2 315.9 291.0 327.4 3.80 9 600 4451 1.5 -10.4 41 11.9 -3.6 110 4 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.3 2.89 10 550 5146 -2.4 -13.2 43 10.7 -6.7 163 4 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.52 11 500 5897 -6.1 -20.6 31 14.5 -10.9 176 5 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.8 1.49 12 450 6714 -11.2 -26.1 28 14.9 -15.3 220 3 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.8 1.01 13 400 7608 -17.0 -22.2 64 5.3 -18.5 261 4 332.9 333.3 294.0 338.7 1.61 14 350 8596 -23.9 -30.3 56 6.4 -25.2 292 2 336.5 336.7 294.3 339.8 0.88 15 300 9704 -32.0 -37.6 57 5.6 -32.7 3 7 340.3 340.4 294.8 342.3 0.50 16 250 10964 -42.0 -49.3 45 7.3 -42.5 336 10 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.3 0.17 17 200 12435 -53.8 -58.4 57 4.6 -53.9 339 9 347.6 347.6 296.2 347.9 0.07 18 150 14221 -68.3 -70.6 71 2.4 -68.3 308 5 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16571 -78.7 -82.0 59 3.2 -78.7 357 2 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.32 m Freezing level: 581.22 mb = 4712.15 m = 15459.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.94 mb = 3814.89 m = 12515.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.33 mb = 618.49 m = 2029.13 ft T: 22.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 27.14 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1776.42 m = 5828.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.39 C = 95.70 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 16.84 C K Index: 21.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 634.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.20 mb = 967.14 m = 3173.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.20 mb = 3259.69 m = 10694.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.20 mb = 11983.16 m = 39314.36 ft B at Equ Level: 632.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.20 mb = 15801.36 m = 51841.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.7 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 127.7 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -13.0 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 209.97 Bulk Shear: 3.02 m/s